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1. Definition of drug. Pharmacodynamics: Structure-dependent and independent drug actions
Give the definition of drug,
Pharmaceutical substances,
Give the etymology of drug
47  cards
2. Drug-receptor interactions. Dose-response relations, therapeutic concepts
At what threshold would the effec...,
The fraction of receptors in each...,
Pharmacodynamics of a drug
47  cards
3. Drug toxicity, factors influencing drug toxicity
Give the effects given by drugs,
On target adverse effects,
Off target adverse effects
29  cards
4. Pharmacokinetics: Transport mechanism of drugs, absorption, distribution
Pharmacokinetics,
Give the types of transcellular t...,
Filtration
43  cards
5. Pharmacokinetics: Drug metabolism & excretion
Metabolism,
Metabolites,
Polarity
29  cards
6. Pharmacokinetic modelling. Principles of pharmacotherapy
Pharmacokinetics describes change...,
Pharmacokinetic models,
Zero order elimination
20  cards
7. Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system: Pharmacology of the parasympathetic nervous system (parasympathomimetics, parasympatholytics)
Parasympathetic nervous system,
Parasympathomimetics,
Parasympathetic effect on the eye
28  cards
Factors Influencing Drug action
List the factors affecting drug a...,
Factors affecting species recepto...,
Factors affecting species absorption
23  cards
8. Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system: Pharmacology of the sympathetic nervous system (sympathomimetics, sympatholytics)
Sympathetic nervous system,
Sympathomimetics,
Give examples of sympathomimetics
24  cards
9. Inhibitory drugs of CNS: Tranquilizer sedatives
Neuroleptics,
General effects of tranquilizers,
Indications of tranquilisers
12  cards
10. Inhibitory drugs of CNS: Hypnosedatives (sedative-hypnotics)
List the hypnosedatives,
Hypnosedatives effect,
2 agonists
18  cards
11. CNS stimulant. Anticonvulsant drugs
Seizures are caused by,
Seizures affect which nervous sys...,
During a seizure unconsciousness ...
32  cards
Dosges to be known
0  cards
12. Pharmacology of pain: Opoid receptor agonists
Nociception,
Polymodal nociceptors pmn,
Nociceptive fibres terminate in
41  cards
13. Opioid antagonists. Nurolept-analgesia
List some opioid receptor antagon...,
Full opioid antagonists examples,
Opioid agonist antagonists example
4  cards
14. General anaesthetics: Injectable anaesthetics
Analgesia,
Anasthesia,
Give the stages of general anaest...
63  cards
15. General anaesthetics: Inhalational anaesthetics
Inhalational anaesthetics chemica...,
Summarise the effect of inhalatio...,
Inhalational gas potency
20  cards
16. Local anesthetics
Action of local anasthetics,
Effect of local anaesthetics,
How do local anaesthetics work ph...
15  cards
17. Central and peripheral myorelaxant drugs
Use of myorelaxant drugs,
Competitive neuromuscular blockin...,
Give the classes of neuromuscular...
32  cards

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